Interview regarding the Fast Ferry
City: A year ago, a representative from the Port Authority was here in Rochester… Lundy: That would be Henry Pankratz [chairman] and Lisa Raitt [CEO]. City: And we understand they signed a memorandum of understanding to start construction on the Toronto terminal. Lundy: This goes back to adequate funding from the north…
Oooh, I feel the power
Bills fans should take one positive from Buffalo’s 13-10 opening-day home loss to Jacksonville. It was nothing like last year’s 31-0 Week 1 thrashing of the Patriots, which set up weighty expectations that Buffalo ultimately crumbled under. This time, there shouldn’t be any surprises. I like Mike Mularkey’s temperament. He’s even-keeled, and doesn’t allow emotion…
Can you hear me now?
The technothriller, which manifests itself mostly in science fiction and the great action blockbusters, nicely suits both the style and content of an era dominated by mechanism and ingenuity. Such films both feed and stimulate the appetite of an apparently insatiable audience for ever great quantities of shootouts, fireworks, car chases, and assorted metamorphoses, all…
All the sex films are in Toronto
Toronto’s economy suffered a blow this week with the first half of the Toronto Film festival. Sales of pay-per-view porn declined dramatically in hotel rooms as visiting press and industry delegates were treated gratis to a never-ending flow of explicit sex on the festival screens. Okay, just kidding, but there was quite a lot of…
And they’re big in Japan
Over the last two years the Sim Redmond Band has become increasingly popular in Rochester… and in Japan. At its initial Milestones appearances, audiences were mostly out-of-towners, fans that had followed the band from its hometown of Ithaca or from some jam-band haven like Geneseo. But lately what I think of as the “Dave Matthews…
The XX files
You fit together like a hand in a glove. Corny, but you and your husband have been together so long the expression seems appropriate. Sweet. He curves around you, your limbs entwine. Hand in glove. You start to make your moves. C’mon baby, it’s time to exchange bodily fluids. He pulls away. “Not tonight,” he…
Our unclogged arterials
Greater Rochester’s highways are less congested these days. In fact, according to a nationwide report released last week by the Texas Transportation Institute, local drivers spend less time in traffic than those in nearly all other metropolitan areas. In 2002, the latest year included in the study, area rush-hour travelers wasted 1.9 million hours in…
Read feedback 9.15.04
Bush and Kerry, debated; Wilmot, challenged
Body count 9.15.04
To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass media, City Newspaper will run weekly lists of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed during the occupation of Iraq. The totals: 1008 American soldiers, 135 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 11,797 to 13,806 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning…
Prescription for partisanship
And there’s no sign that it’ll get prettier anytime soon. The deep rift between Democrats and Republicans in the Monroe County Legislature spilled into the light of open session Wednesday during debate at a Ways and Means committee meeting. Democrats, who are in the minority in the legislature, want the county to consider…
Family valued 9.15.04
‘No!’ OK, it’s not exactly brand spanking new, but until the whole world is listening to No!, I refuse to rest. To fans of goofball omni-pop — both of us — They Might Be Giants are giants, and need no introduction. For the rest of you, TMBG are Johns Flansburgh and Linnell, strange men who…
Ferry tales
It struck a pier in New York City and survived. It faced early delays and scheduling snafus. But it overcame those problems and was able to thumb its nose at skeptics, serving 73,000 riders in the month of August and making fans of many Torontonians. And then last week, The Breeze suspended service. Its…
Interview regarding the Fast Ferry
City: CATS CEO Cornel Martin has listed the issues that have to be resolved before ferry service can resume. And on a couple of them, at least, we seem to be fairly close to a resolution. Are we close to resolving all these issues? What stands in the way? Johnson: I don’t know. It…
Interview regarding the Fast Ferry
City: You’ve mentioned that one of the major issues that must be resolved before resuming ferry service is the construction of a permanent Toronto terminal. The mayor says that still stands as the largest hurdle. What’s going on with that? Martin: When we closed on the vessel, this was an outstanding issue. And at…
